Best bet | Father John goes solo

Father John

Father John Misty is an identity assumed by Joshua Tillman, aka J. Tillman, aka a guy who either can't decide who he wants to be when he grows up, or who has realized he can be anyone.

Tillman picked the name Father John Misty solely because he liked it, and possibly because he ate a lot of mushrooms on a long road trip. He then released "Fear Fun," a record that sounds like some beat-up West Coast psych vinyl you found at the weird thrift store in Laguna. It should also establish Tillman, or Father John, as a musician completely independent of his brief run with Fleet Foxes - and of the 2000s.

Father John Misty is performing Wednesday at Headliners Music Hall, 1386 Lexington Road, with Magic Trick, a project helmed by Tim Cohen. Cohen released "Tim Cohen's Magic Trick" in 2011, a record that sounds as if it came from that same thrift store.

Showtime is 9 p.m. and cover is $12.

- Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal

Louisville, Kentucky • Southern Indiana

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Best bet | Father John goes solo

Father John Misty is an identity assumed by Joshua Tillman, aka J. Tillman, aka a guy who either can't decide who he wants to be when he grows up, or who has realized he can be anyone.